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TO ALL WHOM I'I MAY CONCERN:

Beit known-that I, II. TAYLOR, of Batavia, in the county of Genesee, and State of .New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Sad-Irons; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification. l I 4 Figurel isa perspective View of my improved sad-iron with vthe slide closed.

Figure 2, a similar view with the 'slide opened. I

Figures 3, 4, and'5, perspective views of'the'heaters.-

Figure 6, view ofthe hook for handling the heaters- Like letters of refcrenceindicate corresponding parts in all the figures. My improvement belongs to that class known as the box {iat-iron, in which separate heaters are employed and'placedin a closed box.

The invention consists in ribbing the inside of the box at the sides and rear, as well as at the bottom, so as to allow an air space'all around the heater for equalizing the heat; the ribs of :the said side and rear also serving to strengthen Athe box by breaking the blows ot' the heater, which the bottom ribs alone would not do. The invention also consists in forming the rear ribs as a part of thel slide that rises to admit the heaters, for the purpose of strengthening the slide, as before-mentioned, and to form guides to retain the slide in place as it is raised and lowered, and using in combination therewitha peculiar arrangement of the guide-socket and pivot-stem, by which the slide is held elevated at any time'.

.As` represented in thc'drawingsfA is the box, and B B B the-theaters thatfdt therein'. The 'box is pro. vided with a handle, C, as usual, and with a rear slide or gate, D, which rises vertically to allow the passage ofthe heaters; This slide rests in a groove, a, of the box. The bottom of the box, inside, is provided with ordinary longitudinalribs h2 b2 b2, as clearly shown in iig. `2. In addition to these it has longitudinal side ribs b b1, and vertical rear ribs b, which latter are 'on the slide or gate. Thus the' whole interior of the bo'x, except the top, is ribbed, sothat thcvheater placed therein can nowhere come in contact with the bare sides, bottom, o1' rear. Thisfleaves a free air space al1 around, and therefore equalizes the heat, even when the heater is standing stationary on one side. The free circulation of the air around the sides-as well as at the bottom, has a tend-l ency'to modify'undue expansion and contraction of the box. Were the hot iron to be placed in the cold box `and come directly incontact with the thin sides, the sudden expansion might crack them g; 'but the air space left at that p oint e`ectually'prevents this by removing the contaetand producing a more gradual heating. The ribs Ystrengthen the sides and 'rear vof the box against the blows of Vthe heater as it is agitated by the movement. It is obvious that the great s'hoclt will comeon the sides and rear and not on the bottom. By ribbing these parts in addition to the bottom Ican make ther'n thin and light, and still insure the necessary strength. I believe this eil'ect has never been produced prior to my invention. The rear ribs b'b, in addition to strengthening the slide, as abovcfdescribed, serve as guides to reta-inthe slide in position as it is raised and lowered in the groove a. With these the slide must run ytrue and cannot bind. Centrally to the top of the slide D, a stern, c', is pivoted so as toturn easily. This stem extends up through a guide-socket, d, secured to therhandle, and having a vertical slot in such a position asV to allow a pin, g, of the stem, to be drawn up through. At a suitable position in this socket is made a side islot,f, auxiliary to the main slot, and so arranged that when the slide is fullyl raised the pin of the stem will come opposite, and may be turned into the side slot, in which condition the-said slide will be held elevated for thelinsertion or removal of 'the heaters." This arrangement is very convenient for operating the slide, sin'cc not only is but very little action required, 'but the stem may-be made so slender asto conduct and retain but very little heat. 'i A In order to insure a regular rotation inthe use of the heaters, I prefer to mark them -'I," II IIL '&c., as indicated i-n the. drawings. The rear ends of the heaters have half circular cavities or depressions z' z', with vertical cross-pinsh L, and into these 4cavities and around these lpins is inserted a hook, E, with an end made of square iron, as shown in 5g. 6, for the purpose of holding the heaters extended foreasy handling.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isN

The combination and arrangement of the rear and side ribs bl with the bottom ribs b2, for allowing :i free :tir space all around the interior, and strengthening the sides and ends of the box against the blows of the heater, as heroin set forth.

I also claim, in combination with the slide D, provided with the rib-guides b, the arrangement of the pivot-stom c with pin g, and the guidesooket d with slots'f, the whole operating in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

In Witness whereof'I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' E. H. TAYLOR.

Witnessesi GEO. D. MoRToN, ANDREW STODDEBS. 

